NASA’s visionary unmanned spacecraft OSIRIS-REx recently got a gravitational slingshot for its journey towards the Sun orbiting asteroid, Bennu. On...
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A house-sized asteroid, named as 2012 TC4 is going to pass at an extreme proximity to Earth on 12th October. Though scientists yet are unable to predict...
A “potentially dangerous” asteroid, measuring 4.4 km (2.7 mi) across is all set for the relatively closest flyby with Earth in the coming month, confirmed the...
Scientists and astronomers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that they are extremely “excited” as the mysterious asteroid...
A new photo released by NASA shows planet earth as a tiny bright dot between Saturn icy rings. A zoomed-in version of the photo also shows Earth-Moon to the...
About 39 light years away from the Earth, stands a planet that has been found to have a lot of similarities with our home planet. The GJ1132b has similar size...
The Earth did not look like it is today, some few millions years ago and it will not look same some million years from now. How will the Earth look like some...
Humanity has always been enamored by the thought of finding other intelligent beings and civilization. Radio telescopes have been straining their ears to hear...
The Moon is the only natural satellite of the earth. Its origin always has puzzled scientists, and there are many theories about its formation. The most common...
An asteroid which was as big as 10 African elephants whizzed past the Earth at half the distance of the Earth from the Moon, while the major part of the world...
The Moon is the only natural satellite of the earth. Its origin always has puzzled scientists, and there are many theories about its formation. The most common...
A jet stream has been observed in the Earth’s core and a small band of molten iron moving at an ever increasing speed in the northern hemisphere. It is for the...
Diamonds as the adage goes are forever, seeped in mystery and deceit. The study of world’s biggest and most famous diamond provides a fresh new insight into...
The world has become much smaller due to better communication and transportation infrastructure. Roads crisscross across the globe in a dense network. However...
A breach in the protective magnetic shield of the earth has been observed by the largest and the most sensitive cosmic ray monitor in the world, the GRAPES -3...
We know that our planet has two poles, and the magnetic field between the poles protect us from cosmic rays and solar winds. However, a recent study has...
Time & Again, Jupiter’s moon Europa has exhibited Earth-like ‘life favouring’ properties. It is almost a little difficult to find a place that shares so...
According to findings of a new study published in the Science Journal, one of the building pieces of genetic material in living beings may have framed in...
In combined efforts, China and Europe have set up mission that attempts to help geologists find more oil on earth. The duo will be launching crude oil into...
Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) and its U.S. equivalent, NASA, have come together to develop a satellite that will be dedicated to the study of...
A new study says hundreds of years after the human race have become extinct; the plastic garbage will still prevail creating a geological stratum. The ocean...